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FireFox Surf Faster Tweak

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COLDROCK Original post #1
Jul 28, 2005 at 6:35 PM
FireFox Surf Faster Tweak

Make FireFox Faster

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1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
and browser.turbo.enabled

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. (Max can only be 8, but people report 30. The 30 open connections is incorrect)

Set "browser.turbo.enabled" to "true"

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

4. FOR XP USERS SEEKING FASTER FIREFOX LOADTIMES: Within the Firefox "shortcut" icon properties add /Prefetch:1 (outside the quotation marks) of the 'target. For example: my target is "D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /Prefetch:1

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
Apollo
Apollo #2
Jul 28, 2005 at 7:03 PM
I'm on a broadband and I just tweaked my FF browser as you said.

It worked!!! Pages are loading faster!!!!

Cool!
M
maVen #3
Jul 28, 2005 at 7:19 PM
way too kool man...
it really works... me too have a broadband connection...
and it worked for me...
thanks man...
Cheers
alib_i
alib_i #4
Jul 28, 2005 at 7:25 PM
this has been posted so many times .. that i've bored watching it !

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15396&highlight=network+http+pipelining
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15399&highlight=network+http+pipelining
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14320&highlight=network+http+pipelining
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12576&highlight=network+http+pipelining
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12241&highlight=network+http+pipelining
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12278&highlight=network+http+pipelining
aah .. long list !

next time you get a tweak .. please share it here
Share your Tweaking Tips here

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alibi
R
Jul 28, 2005 at 8:07 PM
this has been discussed earlier. moroever firefox tweaks was published in one issue( I dont rember which month) of digit
hack expert
Jul 28, 2005 at 10:31 PM
too late to post bro always check out if it`s posted before i have tried it sucesfully a long time ago
D
Jul 29, 2005 at 12:38 PM
You ripped off my post :x

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2258&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90[/url]
drgrudge
Jul 29, 2005 at 4:11 PM
Also We can use the Tweak network 1.0 Extension, which does the job that this is supposed to do.
Dicussed many times.

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